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A-Level Past Papers
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
International General
Certificate of Secondary Education
Pakistan Studies
2007
1 (a) (i) Give the name of the Nawab of Bengal,
whose troops were defeated at the battle of
Plassey in 1757. [1]
(ii) Who became the first Governor-General of
India in 1782? [1]
(iii) Give the name of Shah Abdul Rahim’s son.
[1]
(iv) In which year was the battle of Balakot?
[1]
(b) Why did the Indian sub-continent attract
European traders in the late sixteenth and early
seventeenth centuries? [7]
(c) ‘The coming of the British was the main
reason for the decline of the Mughal Empire’. Do you
agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer. [14]
2 (a) (i) In which city was Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
born? [1]
(ii) What did the United Patriotic Alliance
become known as in 1893? [1]
(iii) Which regional language did the journal
Ta’alim Alkhashaf-o-Tauheed promote during
the nineteenth century? [1]
(iv) Which organisation declared in 1913 that
its aim was ‘a form of self-government suitable
for India’? [1]
(b) Why did the British decide to reverse the
partition of Bengal in 1911? [7]
(c) ‘The establishment of English as the
official language of the sub-continent in 1834 was the
main reason for the War of Independence of 1857’. Do you agree
or disagree? Give reasons
for your answer. [14]
3 (a) (i) Name the Enquiry which was set up to
investigate the Amritsar Massacre of 1919. [1]
(ii) Which city on the sub-continent did the
Prince of Wales visit in 1921? [1]
(iii) Name the Khalifa who was exiled by Kemal
Attaturk in 1924. [1]
(iv) Which political party in the sub-continent
contested its first election in 1926? [1]
(b) Why did Muslims object to the rule of the
Congress party between 1937 and 1939? [7]
(c) ‘The Round Table Conference of 1930
achieved more than those of 1931 and 1932’. Do you
agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer. [14]
3
4 (a) (i) Who put forward the proposal which
led to the ‘Lahore Resolution’ in 1940? [1]
(ii) Name the Secretary of State for India in
1946. [1]
(iii) Who became the third Governor General of
Pakistan in 1951? [1]
(iv) In which year was the ‘One Unit Scheme’
introduced? [1]
(b) Why did Pakistan join the United Nations in
1947? [7]
(c) ‘The Canal Water Dispute was the most
important problem facing the newly established
government of Pakistan in 1947’. Do you agree or disagree?
Give reasons for your answer.
[14]
5 (a) (i) Name the organisation which Pakistan,
Iran and Turkey joined in 1964. [1]
(ii) In which year was Islamabad officially
made the capital of Pakistan? [1]
(iii) Who became President of Pakistan
following the declaration of Martial Law in 1969? [1]
(iv) Which politician made the promise of
‘Food, Shelter and Clothing’ to the people of
Pakistan in 1970? [1]
(b) Why did Pakistan distrust India so much
between 1971 and 1988? [7]
(c) ‘Zia-ul-Haq’s foreign policy was more
successful than his domestic reforms’. Do you agree or
disagree? Give reasons for your answer. [14]
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